>> go on for the next ten days and mandela's body will lay instate. and then he will be buried. he always said that he should be buried near where he lived his life. he'll be buried where he was born 95 years ago. >> thank you. the world will mark the passing of mandela. there will be a national day of prayer and reflection to honor mandela. mourners will be have an opportunity to say goodbye, and hell lie instate in the building where he was inaugurated in 1994. then he'll be flown to his home village. mandela will be laid to rest.

thousands are expected to attend the funeral. the exact details of that event have not been revealed just yet. here to talk about mandela's political legacy in 1997 proves o'malley received mandela's help to negotiate a northern ireland peace treaty in south africa, and the two had been friends for many years. professor, it's good to talk to you. thanks for your time. we're talking about th the good friday agreement of 1998, but those as you know were fraught with negotiations with a number of groups at the table, eight political parties, the british, irish governments negotiating this. how did nelson mandela become involved in 1997? >> well, i made very good

friends with chief negotiator, and because i was in south africa for a number of years documenting the transition from apartheid to a free south afri africa. i was also working in northern ireland, where i worked all my life. and i noticed there were similarities i in the behaviorsf northern ireland negotiators and south african negotiators. so in a process of going back and forth i convinced the northern irish negotiators from every side that they could learn something from the south africans and i had them come to thireland with me. sit with the parties of northern

ireland for three hours each. and they came back and said, i think we can do something here. and they said, we'll do something when each of the persons who are coming here writes to me and asks for our assistance because we do not interfere in the affairs of other countries. it fell to me to gather those 16 letters, which in due course i delivered, and it took place in armiston, south africa, three miles down the cape province, along with the 16 other north irish. there were negotiators from all political parties that took part in the negotiations in south africa. that's 19 different political parties. and we had one little spot of trouble, and that was that the

hard line unionist party refused to be in the same room with members of the representatives of the ira. we could deal with that until they came down for a day to talk and to each of the parties. and to provide them with his wisdom of how he went about negotiating. but the unionists would not sit in the same room with the representatives even though it was nelson mandela, and it fell to me to go to him when he landed in his helicopter to say, mr. president, i'm afraid you'll have to experience a little bit

of apartheid here. the outcome was very important. when he talked to the ira, he told them that if they wanted to get in to the peace process in a serious way they would have to declare a permanent cease-fire and to commit themselves to the non-use of violence. telling them this is what you must do. an all these years if you have used violence. the time has come to stop. then when he went to the unionist parties, he had a different message. he said to them because he had been very well briefed, he said to them, you have two conditions

you want the irasi sinn fein to agree to. one to cease violence and to-- >> i have to interrupt. i have been lulled into this story, and i have totally lost track of my time. and i have run out of time. i can't thank you enough for being on the program. you have told a fascinating story in a really compelling way. i apologize. i have flat run out of time. thank you and accept my apologies, please. >> thank you. i wish you would have told me that from the beginning. >> i'm sorry. >> it would have helped. >> it would have helped. but the time is what it is, and i apologize and i hope you accept. thank you, professor o'malley.

we will have much more on the legacy of nelson mandela on the program, and you can always read ththe latest on www.aljazeera.com. let's go to the latest news of the day. jobs and the economy, we have the details. patricia, good to see you. this is a much better than expected jobs report. >> it was tin deed much better. but the numbers were encouraging, and there was reason to be cautious. >> reporter: the economy shows signs of improvement. lowering the unemployment rate to 7%. there was a healthy bump in higher paying manufacturing and construction. the numbers indicate the economic recover is gaining strength. >> we've had 45 consecutive

months. >> while encouraging, there is still a long way to go. >> the economy will have to create between 200,000 to 225,000 jobs per month for the next couple of years. >> reporter: that may be difficult to achieve. the recovery is still on shaky ground with small businesses seeing a slow down for the year. that's significant because those businesses create two-thirds of new jobs. particularly hard hit has been the retail sector. despite slashing prices and opening their doors thanksgiving day retailers posted disappointing sales in november. >> you have a vicious circle if úpeople are not going in the retail stores, then retailers don't need as many people. >> another red flag, the third

quarter saw the largest build up of inventories in three years and tony, that's very significant because as long as firms have stock piles of goods it doesn't give them much incentive to ramp up production and create more jobs. >> t you. >> even with the employment growth averaging 200,000 jobs per more, we have more from the white house. >> reporter: even as the economy produced growth of gdp if in the third quarter the white house is making the case that things are good. they're not good enough. we need to extend unemployment benefits that are set to run out for more than a million beneficiaries. >> the news we have today reinforces that we need to address this problem, and to extend those unemployment insurance benefits to those

individuals. because this is a persistent problem. it would be terrible to tell more than a million families across the country just a few days after christmas that they're out of benefits. so we hope that congress will, as it has in the past, address this challenge. >> what about that extension in congress? again, gridlocked. there are conservatives who say enough is enough. we're not going to extend benefits again. the house of representatives are here one more week before they leave for the holidays. >> in the last 24 hours at least 280 people have been killed. in the capital of central africa republic. that grim body count has been confirmed by the international red cross, who have been working on the ground. they have pushed france to securing more troops and securing the capitol.

the french president said that their country won't go it alone. >> reporter: in his opening remarks to the summit, president hollande went into more detail about what propertied pledging and the reason why he felt there was such urgency. there was a need for partnership between france and africa. he talked about the way in which security and development are intrinsically linked, and he wanted france wanted africa to help itself. and ultimately the responsibility would lie with the africans. he gave a graphic description of why it is so crucial. >> at the heart of africa a country is suffering. it is calling us. it is the central african republic. we cannot allow massacres to continue. women and children being raped.

crimes being committed in hospitals, and interreligious crimes that degenerate. the security council and i welcome the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon, who has given a mandate to an african force to protect the population and ensure stability that would then lead to election. >> our correspondent is in central african report and we have this report on the violence that has taken over bangui. >> reporter: gunfire echos through the city. [ sirens ] >> reporter: some say this was an attempted coup d'état. security forces called celica.

the streets of this once bustling city are almost deserted. those who venture out risk ending up like this. it's not clear how many people have died in this mortuary we counted 25 bodies. this woman lost her son. she didn't want to give us her name. >> i don't know what is happening in central african republic right now. if you go in you see people on the ground like animals who have been slaughtered. with the state of the country, where can i go? >> this is where most of the injured have been brought. most have wounds, women are being treated along side government soldiers. [ sobbing ] >> this woman asked god, why has

this happened? there christian and muslim victims in this conflict. muslims and christians used to live in this country peacefully. but hatred and violence has taken over and people forget. >> reporter: the french are warning there could be genocide here. france will be sending in more soldiers soon to strengthen the african union force. on the streets, it is the rebel government which insists that it is in control. >> the enemy attacked us and we routed them. we completely destroyed them. >> these fighters are now out for revenge. they'll be searching for the anti-balaka militia. this is and endless cycle of

killing and destroying this country. al jazeera. >> from texas to kentucky the u.s. is experiencing an intense chill, bitter chill, ice and knosnowfall advisory versus been issued. mark snyder joins us now from dalladallas/fort worth airport. i understand more flights have been canceled since we last poke to you. >> meteorologist: 340 flights in place. airlines have now canceled 680 flights. that's 80% of the flights scheduled today. and look at the lines and lines of people trying to get rebooked on later flights. and check out the elf. the airport has brought us entertainment to try to keep people's spirits up. there was a ma division earlier

and they were passing out bottled water to folks. one woman said how about free food, but that was not going to happen. the airport is doing what it can. it's rough in here and rough out there. the dallas marathon that was going to happen sunday has been canceled. runners who have been showing up in dallas finding out that the race is off. the city decided it was in the best interest of the city and the runners not to have that in these icy conditions. they also canceled the christmas parade, and that has never happened before in its 26-year history. >> mark snyder for us, dallas/fort worth airport. mark, appreciate it. let's get the latest on this storm that is really taking on the country's midsection. it's good to see you. >> reporter: it's good to see you. it's not just take on the nation's midsection but the northeast. it's bringing in a lot of rain and snow. that storm continues to push

towards the east. it has moved out of the dallas fort worth area, but the temperatures are well below the freezing mark. black ice will still be a problem as we track through tonight and the next couple of days. we have a system in the pacific northwest that will head south and hit the same areas that received the snow, the freezing rain and the ice earlier on today, and that's going to occur throughout the course of the week. now as i said most of the freezing rain has pushed its way now into arkansas and portions of tennessee. if you're traveling through the memphis area, we want to urge you to use caution on the roads. look at the temperatures now. 27 here on friday and the temperatures will take more of a dive as we check into saturday and sunday. sunday we could see the freezing rain through the course of the day. snow across the ohio valley into portions of illinois and indiana. if your traveling around

cincinnati or cleveland we'll see snows anywhere from four to seven inches of snow. some of that rain has switched over to snow in johnstown, pennsylvania. and please use precaution. the reason why we don't have the rain along the i-95 corridor is because we have very mild temperatures there. tony, back to you. >> appreciate it. thank you. coming up on al jazeera america. turmoil in haiti has caused the president to resign. we'll look at the nation. and we'll look at high-tech crime fighting tools. when we come back, this is al jazeera america.

>> protesters in haiti's capitol are calling for the president to step down. the neighboring dominican republic is also fueling tension. we're outside of port-au-prince with more. >> reporter: a few hundred haitians around the city. these are very strong anti-martelly protesters. they want the president out, who has been accused of huge amounts of corruption, bribery, and not representing the people. also a lot of angry over a growing immigration crisis in dominican republic, forcing doe hinn can born of haitian descent to be stripped of their

citizenship. they're hoping to send a message to president martelly. >> talks in geneva are expected to focus on inspections that have to be carried out to ensure that iran's compliance that the del will ease sanctions against iran. many see the agreement in the first steps in solving disputes. israel has vehemently voiced opposition saying iran cannot be trusted. almost a month after typhoon haiyan struck philippines, recovery is months if not years away, but there is a major effort to get local economies moving again. we go to tacloban, the hardest hit. >> roland is a fisherman, or he was, given that his boat is

65 kilometers inland. >> how much are you earning before the typhoon and how much now? >> before i was earning 300 pesos a day, but now i don't earn anything because i don't have a boat. >> and the truth is, his story is replicated thousands of times across tacloban. the challenge after the emergency aid phase is to get people working and get the local economy to take over again. every street in tacloban is an absolute mess and needs cleaning up. which means you have ready-made jobs. you have upwards of 20,000 people lining up for work. it means that they get a job, a little bit of money in their pockets and they play a big role in the rescue of their own city. [♪ music ]

>> even if they are cleaning their house, we pay them. our point is that every one of them is cleaning up tacloban we can revive it. and with the money they have on hand they're able to buy things. if you go to the markets now there are a lot of things for sale immediately the economy has been revived. >> in fact, pretty much everywhere you go in tacloban you encounter little success stories. sometimes it's just someone who owns restaurant, a place to gather in tough times. these are people who won't let their city die. >> we have to look for the supplies, the regular suppliers of our drink, our meat, that kind of stuff. maybe we could just start offering one or two of our regular menu. >> it is those small things that make a difference in a disaster zone.

plus the can-do attitude, something that can triumph adversity such as this. al jazeera, tacloban, philippines. >> six people have been admitted to a mexican hospital foraye forayedation exposure. we'll have the details. plus banking giant merrill lynch facing a payout to settle a class action lawsuit. that and more on al jazeera.

>> welcome back to al jazeera america. stories for the second straight month. the u.s. market showed signs of improvement. the economy added more than 200,000 jobs in november. it's at its lowest point in five years. heavy wind is battering the southwest and it does not seem to be slowing down. sweeping across arkansas and western kentucky, and that rough, rough weather is heading

east. in south africa the long good buy to nelson mandela gets under way tuesday. mandela's body will lie instate in the capitol for three days starting wednesday. he will be burredy december 15th after a state funeral. we're in johannesburg, how are people reacting there now? i think i can hear a bit behind you. 24 hours since the news of mandela's death broke around the world. [♪ music ] >> reporter: listen to that. people have been doing this all day, singing and dances, people here are celebrating his life. that's why they've come out in numbers.

children who are eight and ten years old are saying we really don't know nelson mandela. we don't know what kind of man he was. but when they come here and see all the support, they say wow, he is a great man. we want to find more about him. the parents are saying yes, we want mandela's legacy to live on. december 15th is when nelson mandela will be given a state funeral. they want to send off the father of the nation. they want to say goodbye in a very special, emotional way. >> well, haru, we didn't hear much of the beginning of the report, but we heard the end. it's terrific to see you in johannesburg. nelson mandela is being honored across the globe. but not that long ago his relationship with the u.s. government was to say the least

complicated. >> reporter: a string of u.s. presidents have had to make very difficult choices related to south africa, and they often did not choose the interest of nelson mandela. as the flowers are placed and the official tributes pour in. >> we lost one of the most influential, courageous profoundly good human beings. >> reporter: it's easy to forget a few decades ago that many considered nelson mandela an enemy. for much of the cold war his political delegation received support from the soviet union. the white south african regime that imprisoned him aligned itself with the west. in the 1970s president jimmy carter supported the south africaen government, describing it as supporting it against

communism. and later placing mandela supporters on a list of terrorist groups. then in 1985 protests launched across south africa and president reagan condemned apartheid. >> we have made sizable progress there in expressing our re-repug nance for apartheid and persuading the south african government to make changes. >> but that policy was ineffective and congress produced two-thirds north to override reagan. aneven after mandela was freed from prison and elected president of south africa in

1994 u.s. leaders were frequently suspicious of him. during the clinton administration mandela praised fidel castro, and he referred to dibban dictator moammar qaddafi as a brother and a friend. when criticized of his phrase of qaddafi, mandela hit back calling the administration arrogant. by the time president george w. bush entered the white house mandela was out of office in south africa but still an annoyance to the bush administration. after president bush said the iraq war was about liberation mandela famously said was all he wanted was iraqi oil. now, however, the for nelson mandela the flags have been lowered to half-staff and a reminder that a string of u.s. leaders at some moments in time

a subversive threat. vet often sometimes the administration treaded carefully with mandela. after the comments regarding the iraq war, h president bush said that he was a great leader but on iraq they have a disagreement. >> thank you. more than a thousand african-american brokers have won a multi million settlement against bank of merrill lynch, one of the largest race-discrime cases ever, john, i don't know if there is an appeal to come, but at this moment i would imagine the plaintiffs are pretty happy. >> reporter: they are ecstatic, tony. the main player, george mcreynolds, who sued merrill lynch said he did a little jump in his living room when he heard

this. but he won't feel vindicated until the policies are changed, and not just with merrill lynch but throughout wall street. we talked with mr. mcreynolds, he said he's feeling better about the way things are going. there is still a long way to go. but his attorney said with the policies that go along with the legal settlement, some of them change policies at merrill lynch. there will be a lawyer for the plaintiffs say that those policies will allow things to change at merrill lynch. as merrill lynch goes, so goes the rest of wall street. merrill lynch never admitted faults in this case but saying, quote, this is a very positive resolution of a lawsuit filed in 2005. these new initiatives developed in partnership with african-american financial advisers and their legal team will enhance opportunities for financial visors in the future. they went on to point out

mr. mcreynolds himself saying we respect mr. mcreynolds with merrill lynch. and he continued to work with them for more than 30 years. >> what were the issues connected with this case. >> reporter: they said that merrill lynch was run like a fraternity, like a boys club. the white brokers would work like teams and exclude the black brokers. they would bring in more money, and the black brokers would earn less and those who earned more were given more clients. so they said they were disadvantaged. not the accusation that merrill lynch deliberately discriminated but there were systems in place.

>> all right, john, in chicago. john, thank you. we've been telling you about the major storm working its way through the southwest of the country, and heading east. well, there is a pretty strong storm that is slamming the u.k. and i understand that pictures are pretty extreme. richelle carey is here. in. >> reporter: thank you. let's get to the picture. they are dramatic pictures off the coast of britain. winds pounded the british coast it's the worst tidal surge with winds clocked at 142 mphs. people have been evacuated and more sandstorm surge waves are expected. under mounts criticism and a cord order the catholic church is forced to release a list of priest who is are accused of

molesting. minors. the church said credible claims can be traced to 30 of the men. allegations date back to the 19 50's. details of specific acts have not been revealed. others have been all but permanently remove from the ministry. this part of the transportation has followed the north metro line to make sure that it goes the speed. the new federal order require metro north to have two railroad drivers on rowed needing slower speed. a hospital in mexico has been closed over concerns of radiation exposure. six people admitted into the general hospital may have fallen ill after contact with cobalt 60. that could be tracked to the

chemicals that were stolen in a vehicle. exposure to cobalt 60 can be fatal. it was a radical movement for bob dylan. the folk festival fans called him a traitor. a trait for folk music. well, quite the opposite response is expected when this goes up for auction at christies. this is probably going to bring in $300,000 to $500,000. >> really? dylan has gone electric. i remember. how old am i. jobs report helped fuel a rally on wall street. the dow soaring close to 200 points. even with the positive numbers

11 million americans remain out of work. but since the great recession men have fared better than men. and some women have opted to stay single and financial independent. >> reporter: they got married at 16, left her husband at 19, and she's been living on her own ever since. wanda was married and then divorced a few years later. neither regrets being single now. >> i like to provide for myself. i don't like to depend on a man. i'm not going to depend on a man. >> i don't think that i would have stepped out as boldly as been as successful had i still been married. that's sad to say but i think its true. >> reporter: these women reflect two striking trends. the marriage rate has fallen sharply. half a century ago 61% of the population were married. by 2011 the rate was down to

just 35%. meanwhile divorce a has become more common over the same period from nine divorced women for every 1,000. the rate has climbed to 21 per thousand. they also represent the economic disparities among american women. >> they haven't been used in probably the past 30 or 40 years. and now they're going to be developed into affordable housing. >> while wanda runs a successful one-person business in construction and housing development. marianne has just gone back to work after kicking a long-time drug habit. she still stops by the bread of the city to pick up food. >> it was hard. especially for a person who was an addict. trying to be employed. living a rough life my whole life. >> marianne is among the four in ten women whose income falls below government standard for economic security. eight in ten families headed by

single mothers also rate check cliceconomically insecure. >> i would have loved to have done this while i was married and had a sense of security from that. but i don't feel insecure from what i'm doing. >> and neither sees a new man in their future yet. >> i'm not focused on that right now. i focusing on my recovery and my relationship with god. >> i've found peace in prayer and medication. >> up next on al jazeera america, the epic battle over the arctic. a territory that is believed to contain one quarter of the world's undiscovered energy resources. plus new groundbreaking technology used by law enforcement to bring down criminals and the crime rate. that's next on al jazeera.

>> they are some of the meanest streets in the country. two cities where the california dream has really been fading into a reality of crime, but oakland and richmond, california, are fighting back. not with boots on the ground, but with bots. technologhat can track a gunshot from thousands of miles away. "techknow's" lindsay moran spent time on the ground to find out how this works. >> reporter: oakland and richmond is a network of high tech ears. acoustic sensors that could be a game changing in reducing gun violence. it's part of "shot spotter." within seconds after a gun is fired the system pinpoints the location, and alerts police dispatchers and patrol units.

>> the first thing it shows is that there were multiple gunshot fires and give us pinpoint location. i almost have realtime information where shots are being fired and where i'm going. >> here's how it works. when a gun is fired, the sound is picked up and recorded by multiple season cores placed in different locations. each sensor records the exact time it detected the shot. shots spotter uses those times and the distance between each sensor to determine the location of the gunfire. >> gunfire calves a very great distance. one or two miles. if you have sensors far apart then only the strongest sound that the gunfire will give to several sensors. >> tells me what happens. walk me through it. >> the first task is to look at where that shot took place. and what kind of other information he or she they can responpass long to the respondig

officer. >> close by its hard to tell what is going on. but further and further away halfway through this there is some other noise that is a second person shooting. it's exact i the sort of thing you cannot find on 911. >> wow, and techno's lindsay moran joins us from the land of pleasant living. baltimore and maryland, good to see you again. you should us the shot spotter, but what other technologieses are being used right now. >> another thing that oakland and richmond police departments are using, it's not exactly cutting edge, but it's a boat by cameras. old technology being used in a new way in law enforcement. it's a camera they place on their uniform to record every interaction. and then even cooler is that, license plate readers that enable them to scan up to a

thousand license plates in an hour and be alerted when these plates are associated with a violent crime and stolen vehicle. >> i'm curious what patrol officers think of this? >> well, i think they're embracing it. it's changing the typical beat of a cop. it's making things ease area for them. it's making them able to get a lot more information a lot quicker to respond more quickly. one of the things that we really saw in oakland how it's bettering the relationship between the community and the police. you wouldn't think so, but the police are now able to respond to gunfire because shot spotter detects it. wheretivecall typically in highe

areas like oakland, or baltimore whermarylandwhere i live, they'o gunfire. they respond to it, and the community has more confidence in the police department. >> that's terrific. thank you so much. it's the best show on the network. certainly one of them. my goodness, "techknow" what fun this is. it airs at 7:30 eastern and 4: 0 pacific time. today is the last day that canada has to justify its claim to parts beyond the arctic's territorial water. they've had ten years to submit their evidence, and if they do they have to go up against russia and denmark. why a piece of the pie could be worth billions. >> this is all part of a diplomatic process that has gone on for decades and could go on. it's the law of the sea, the

negotiations among the countries of the world about where their territorial waters lie. it's about the sea bottom, the sea bed. that's why the north pole keeps coming up. denmark laid its claim. and russia did a decade ago. and both of them are looking towards the north pole. on the bottom of the sea bed there are thought to be access to oil, minerals, all sorts of things that we've never had a chance to explore before. now that arctic sea ice has been melting at record levels and at record rates perhaps those will become accessible. the russians put a russian flag deep underwater in the north poll to express its claim. denmark has not done anything similar but they claim the north pole. canada has the same point of view.

they're talking about beefing up the shipping in the north, icebreakers, all of that is part of the discussion. it's a i diplomatic process. it's not hostile. it will go on for decades. countries will change their claims, modified them and reach a diplomatic solution to this, and it will go on for a long time. >> mark morgan is here with the day in sports and more on the legacy of nelson mandela, a man who believed that sports could bring people together and change the world. >> reporter: he certainly did. and no one has been more documented on the networks in the last day or so, his influence extended well into the world of sports. he used the 1995 rugby world cup to bring his own nation together behind his south african team. we have more. >> reporter: nelson mandela,

often referred to as the father of south africa. not only did he endure the personal struggles of imprisonment for 27 years, but when he came to power in 199 had he needed to rebuild a nation from the ground up. he achieved this in many forms, one of them being in the power of sports. >> sports has the power to change the world. sports can create hope. it is more powerful than governments in breaking down racial barriers. mandela was a huge supporter

along with his country men he supported sports every step of the way because he knew this power through sport could hopefully heal all wounds. >> mandela embraced the team. he felt it could unite south africa through the color line, class line and create a new nation of south africanness which is something that the country needed. >> and mandela knew embracing this team, in this game would be the gesture of bringing angel south african whites. they asked the white stars of the team to learn the protest song to thanksgiving would become south africa's national anthem. >> so that moment, of course, of nelson mandela holding over the

world cup trophy to the springboks. that's an iconic photograph. it's a moment of the country coming together temporarily, united across the fault lines of south african society. and nelson mandela wept keysor of joy on that stage. to think of a man who suffered so much and sacrificed so much 27.5 years in prison among many other humiliations, he would cry simply because his country won the right to host the world cup is a rather astounding fact. sport triggered a nationalism that never had been experienced before. blacks and whites could finally feel that they are cheering on the same country. >> mandela did "z" not just chan sports as a leader. but as a person avenues sportsman himself. he navigated his life and reign

in president much like a boxer, fighting for the lives of each individual in the nation. he believed in the legacy that he left behind. >> michael, thank you so much. it cannot be said enough, mandela said sport had the power to change the world, and it certainly helped to ease the tensions and unite the people of south african. we probably won't see his kind again. >> thank you. from cairo to beijing, nelson mandela's passing has resonated all over the world. here is a look of how people in capitols around the globe from personally effected by the icon and how they remember his legacy. >> all our countries and our leaders in particular must learn from him. from his courage and leadership. >> although he live sod far away

from us, he was a figure in my heart and struggling from oppressio he was in prison for 26 or 27 years and someone under such torture could bring the country on target, to achieve such a paradigm shift in such a country is amazing. that's what i'm thinking off when i see his face. >> he was a man of spiritual principles that should not have died. people like him should live forever. >> we have the forecast checkup, and here is al jazeera america.

>> meteorologist: we have a massive cold front stretching across the country. behind it bitterly cold air sweeping into the plains all the way down into portions of texas and back into portions of the southwest. look at temperatures across the north central plains. right now negative 13 degrees in

fargo. negative four in minneapolis. it's sweeping down into dallas/fort worth where earlier in the day we had ice falling across the roadways. now temperatures will fall below the freezing mark, so we'll have to contend with black ice. the front is on the move. the conditions have cleared out across the plains, but we have snow coming down across southern portions of illinois, indiana, ohio, and pennsylvania. across the ohio valley we could see anywhere between four and seven inches of snow. it's all rain along i-95. and it will stay that way. we'll see snow stretching through pennsylvania and folks are highly advised to use precaution on the roadways. more headlines coming up very soon.